Chapter 15
Weiss stood in front of the class, talking and presenting the results of their project. Rouvin is behind the computer, making sure the slides are the same as what Weiss is talking about. The class is quiet and it isn't because of Weiss, it is because everyone fears that a certain black and red teen will get mad at them. By the end of the presentation Professor Watts comments on their work and proceeds to the next pair. The rest of the class went by like a breeze. As Weiss gathers her things, Rouvin places a piece of paper on her table. 'Meet you at Lunch'
Weiss smiles and nods.
After leaving the classroom, they give each other a smile before separating. Rouvin went to the cafeteria to get their lunch, while Weiss makes her way to her locker to change her books.
Happy that the presentation went well and that Professor Watts liked it, Weiss hums a song she heard on the radio a few days ago. Quickly arriving at her locker, she didn't notice that someone followed her and was intensely looking at her body.
When she is about to close her locker she finally notices the presence beside her. She was less than ecstatic to see that it was none other than Neptune.
With his usual cocky smirk, he leans into her personal space, apparently thinking he is sexy and that after everything that happened she'd have any interest in him. Weiss can barely suppress the urge to punch him in the face.
"Hey snow angel, long time no see."
"Neptune." Weiss answers coldly. "What do you want?"
"Oh, don't be so cold with me now." Neptune replies smoothly. "I just want to apologize about last time."
Weiss rolls her eyes. It took him this long to finally apologize? "Took you long enough."
"Well you were always together with the mutt. I didn't get the chance to apologize"
Anger starts to burn through her body "Mutt?"
His smirk turned to a sneer "Yeah, you know, that bastard Rose. He acts as if you belong to him and is always near you."
Weiss' eye twitches. He is insulting Rouvin right in front of her.
"You really need to do something about him." Neptune continues. "If he keeps staying by your side, you'll lose all your friends and everyone will start to pity you." Neptune continues to say irrational things about Rouvin.
A loud slap suddenly rings through the halls. Weiss has had enough of his insults. "What gives you the right to say all those things about him? You don't even know him!"
A hand shaped bruise is forming on his face, but the look in his eyes scares her a bit, but she continues to stand her ground.
"I don't need to know him, when he's as infamous as he is."The blue haired teen growls out. "I can still remember how he punched me in the face. He is dangerous and you shouldn't be around low lifes like him!"
"The only low life I see is standing in front of me! You shouldn't believe rumors and he only punched you because you punched him first!" The heiress counters. She won't just stand here and listen to this arrogant prick insult the person she is in love with. It makes her sick that everyone just sees what they are told to see. All those rumors and false accusations, Weiss still doesn't know how Rouvin can bear all this silently.
"Why are you defending him?" Neptune asks as he starts to push her back into a wall. "He's nothing but trouble!" Weiss's back hits the wall and Neptune towers over her, pinning her in place. "He'll eventually get you involved! He's a bad influence for you!"
Yang and Blake were on their way to the cafeteria when they see Neptune pinning Weiss to a wall. Just when they see Neptune prepare to lay a hand on her, Yang already preparing to run and stop him, when they spot a very familiar black and red teen grab Neptune by the wrist stopping him. Rouvin glares at Neptune. "Hands OFF!" he commands as he pushes Neptune off Weiss, making the blue-hair teen stumble back. Rouvin then turns back to Weiss. His expression softening. "You okay?"
Weiss nods and sighs in relief. "Yes, thank you."
Before Rouvin could say anything more a fist connects with his face, causing him to stumble back.
His soft expression turned cold and emotionless, as he turns to Neptune and says with an edge "That's all you have? My dead grandmother hits harder, and she doesn't need to attack from behind."
The blue haired teen glares angrily as he screams in rage and tries to hit the Rose heir again.
Even though he said that, and his tensed body shows that he can defend himself at any moment, he just stands there and dodges every hit.
Before they know it, a crowd has formed. Not wanting anything to escalate any further, Yang finally steps in between them and holds Neptune's arm in a death grip, nearly breaking it.
"Piss off Xiao Long, this is none of your business! This is between me and that bastard!" The boy spits out angrily.
"This has everything to do with me!" The blonde answers while further tightening her death grip "How dare you attack my brother and friend!"
Before Yang can start beating the shit out of the arrogant bastard, Rouvin put his hand on her shoulder and shoves her away "This has nothing to do with you Yang."
Weiss steps in and places her hand on Rouvin's shoulder, stopping him. "Rouvin," she starts as he turns to her. "That's enough." she continues calmly. Rouvin looks at her and sighs.
"Fine." He replies as he glares back at Neptune. "Seems to be your lucky day."
"COWARD!" Neptune shouts. "It's not my lucky day! You just don't have the balls to fight back!"
"Why you-" Yang is suddenly cut off by Rouvin.
"I would beat you up but my girlfriend said to stop!" he shouts back, making Yang and Blake turn to Weiss. Blake stares at Weiss with a knowing look and Yang is just confused.
Everyone involved except for the crowd goes silent. They can hear the shocked whispers and theories as to why Weiss Schnee would date someone like him.
Neptune is the first who recovers from the shock. "Your girlfriend? Now that explains why you always follow her around and why Weiss is 'defending 'you. You forced her to be your girlfriend!"
Having finally heard enough, it is surprisingly Weiss who snaps first "Could it have ever occurred to you that I was the one who asked him out! He never forced me to anything and I'll no longer listen to you spreading those false rumors and accusations! The only one who tried to force himself on me was you! If Rouvin hadn't shown up at the party, you would have violated me worse than anyone could. You are the one who is in the wrong, and I have enough of you pretending to be the good one."
A loud slap is suddenly heard across the hall. Weiss stands frozen, a feeling of pain coursing through her face. Neptune's hand is up in the air, and silence fills the room. Yang's face changes from shock to rage as she turns towards the blue haired boy, but before she could do anything, a blur shoots past her and towards Neptune.
Neptune feels his feet lift off the ground and his back slams into a wall, as he grunts in pain. His own eyes begin to stare into a pair of molten silver orbs glaring straight back at him, sending chills up his spine as he begins to tremble in fear. This is different, very different from before. This is pure rage and anger at staring at him, this was not something he can ever hope to beat. Neptune feels himself wet his pants before Rouvin drops him back to the ground and starts turning back to Weiss.
He gives Neptune one last hateful glare over his shoulder "Run. Run as far as you can get, if I ever see you again near her, I won't hesitate to beat you into the next week."
The blue haired teen can't move. He just sits there shaking and terrified in his own pee. He swears that he has just seen the Grim Reaper himself and is too scared to move.
Just as Rouvin fully turned to Weiss again, Professor Goodwitch suddenly appears. "What is going on here?"
She sees Neptune on the floor, catches the scent of urine and turns to Rouvin.
"Mr. Rose! Report immediately to my office."
Before she can turn and march away, Weiss, Blake and Yang all stop her.
"He didn't do anything! He just protected Weiss and scared him a bit." Blake protests.
"He didn't even lay a hand on him, and even stopped me from beating the living shit out of him!" Yang declares loudly.
Stepping in front of the teacher to stop her, Weiss adds firmly "Neptune was the one who attacked me. Rouvin just came to help me. It's not his fault, and he really didn't harm him, just scared him."
Professor Goodwitch sighs. "I appreciate the information, but this incident still needs to be investigated."
Rouvin sighs and frowns. Of course he's the one at fault here. As the crowd disappears Cinder stands there.
"Professor Goodwitch!" she calls out as Glynda turns to her.
"Ms. Fall…"
"The security camera." Cinder points at the camera attached on the ceiling. "I think that will help in the investigation." Glynda turns to the camera and nods.
"Thank you Miss Fall, but I will still need to talk to your parents." she turns to the teens. "All your parents, about this incident. Now everyone into my office."
They all follow her quietly, with Neptune needing a bit more persuasion from Yang to move his ass.
While they were walking Rouvin whispers to Weiss "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, my cheek hurts a bit, but otherwise good." Weiss gives him a small smile "Thank you for saving me, and I'm glad you didn't beat him up."
"I'm sorry that I wasn't there sooner. But don't expect me to show him any mercy the next time."
And with that the conversation ends. They both know that he is serious, but Weiss is still happy that he came to her rescue, like a Prince in shining armor.
Blushing at the image of Rouvin in armor, she has to shake her head to dissolve the image as they arrived at the headmaster's office.
Goodwitch called the parents of Weiss, Neptune and Rouvin, who all come as fast as they can, and are quickly ushered in.
The three teens wait in the lounge with Yang and Blake. Weiss is seated on the couch with Rouvin standing behind her. Neptune is on the other side of the room, thankfully someone had gotten him to change his pants. Yang and Blake are in the middle of the room, keeping them apart with Blake keeping Yang from punching Neptune.
Fifteen minutes later, their parents come out of the room. Willow Schnee, Weiss' mother, approaches her and hugs her tightly as she caresses her cheek where Neptune had slapped her, checking her to see if she is hurt anywhere else. Jacques approaches Rouvin and thanks him for saving Weiss once more.
Neptune's father then walks to Neptune. He said a couple of things, causing Neptune to wince before he is walked out of the room.
Yang turns to her parents. Taiyang looks at both Yang and Rouvin then sighs. "Both of you, car now." Is all he says before leaving the room himself. Yang knows this is not good. Her father is a military man, and the tone he used just now is something she has only heard when she visits the camp her father is stationed at. She looks at Rouvin who says nothing as he leans down to Weiss. She notices him peck her cheek before following their father.
"Is everything alright Yang?" Blake asks as Weiss looks worriedly at Rouvin.
"Yeah. Everything will be alright." Yang answers before following her brother.
Weiss watches the two siblings leave with Summer following behind them. Before Weiss can call out to the older woman, Jacques beat her to it.
"Go easy on him." He states. "You saw what happened." Summer looks at Jacques and just nods before leaving. The room has gone silent. Looking outside, Blake notices the gray clouds in the sky.
"I have a bad feeling." Blake thinks to herself while she and the Schnees made their way out.
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The drive home is silent in the Rose-Xiao Long car. Summer and Tai are sitting in the front with Rouvin and Yang in the back. The air is tense, and even though Yang wants to talk and make jokes to lighten the mood, she knows that her dad and Rouvin won't.
They both have a stoic expression, not showing what they are thinking or feeling.
Thinking about it, Yang really wants to laugh about how similar they truly are.
Arriving home, they made their way silently inside.
"Yang, go to your room. We have something to discuss with your brother." Tai orders, and if his voice is anything to go by, this will not end well.
"I'll stay here." Yang answers in a resolute tone of voice. She's finally starting getting closer to her brother again, and she won't lose that because she let him down once again.
Both their parents see that she won't budge and don't say anything further.
"Rouvin. You once again disappointed us with your reckless behavior. Not only did you cause a scene at the company dinner a few months ago, you had to go start again a fight with the Vasilias heir!"
At this point Tai is already shouting at him, his temper flaring up at the thought of all this.
But Rouvin isn't one to silently listen and take punches.
"If you haven't seen, Neptune was the one who started the fight both times. I was merely defending myself back then. I didn't even do anything today!"
They were both yelling at each other until Tai finally had enough.
"Enough. It is time for you to learn some discipline, so you won't cause trouble everywhere. You have to take responsibility for your actions and the damage you cause everyone involved. Like your mother and the Company. So I decided that you will be going to a military academy without any further delay."
The room goes silent, and no one moved. Both teens need to process what their father just said.
It doesn't take long before Rouvin finally reacts. "You have to be kidding me. Who do you think you are to have the right to make decisions for me! This is MY life, and I won't just sit there and accept this crap from someone like you!"
"Quiet! I'm your father and you do as I say!"
At that Rouvin gives him a humorless chuckle "My father? You haven't been my father ever since the incident 5 years ago. Now I would only call you my sperm donor."
Taiyang gets so furious at the words, his face turns red and a vein looks ready to burst.
With one swift motion, he backhands the silver eyed boy. Not just once, but twice, hitting Rouvin so hard one of his lips and nose start to bleed.
"How dare you talk like this to me?! I will teach you to have respect."
Before the situation can escalate any further, both Yang and Summer step in screaming "STOP!"
Yang holds her father back, while Summer tries to check how badly Rouvin is hurt. But Rouvin just slaps her hand away and gives her a cold glare.
"Don't pretend to suddenly care. I have had enough of all this bullshit. You can't force me to go to your academy because I have no intention to become you, I won't listen to anything you have to say anymore. I tried to accept the fact that you will never love me as much as Yang. That you can't accept that I'm not the perfect son you always wanted me to be. But I have had enough. If you can't accept me, then I have no reason to stay here any longer."
With that he turns and leaves,not once turning around or stopping as he ignores the shouts of his father and the calling of his name from his mother and sister.
He gave Cinder his keys so she could drive his car home, which means he will probably have to pick it up at her place. So he has no other choice but to run. While he was arguing with his parents, it has started to rain.
He runs as fast as he can for a long while, not knowing where to go or what to do. He just runs to get all this anger out of his system.
At some point he comes to a standstill. He doesn't know how much time has passed or where he is, but his lungs and legs are burning with exhaustion. He is completely drenched and it doesn't look like the rain will let up anytime soon.
Looking around, he sees a street sign he recognizes. He is only a few streets away from the Schnee mansion.
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Weiss is just about to start eating dinner with her parents when she hears the doorbell. Without thinking about it, she moves to the door to open it. Klein is busy with the dinner preparations, so she could take care of it.
"I wonder who would visit this late." The girl wonders.
Opening the door, she gasps at the sight of Rouvin, standing there drenched to the bone with a bleeding lip and nose. He looks miserable and his eyes are a dull gray.
"Rouvin! What happened ?!"
About to pull him in she hear him only say. "Weiss.." before he collapses from exhaustion.